Improved curtain-clasp



Y B. F. WATSON AND ALBERT SHEPRD, OF BRIDGEPORT, ILLINIS.` Leners Patent No. 84,448, `dma Now-mbar 24, 1868.

IMPROVE!) CURTAIN-CLASP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the ame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, B. F.VWATS0N and ALBERT SHEPARD, of Bridgeport, in the county of Lawrence, and in the State oflllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lCurtain-Clasp; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

.Our invention consists in an improved curtainclasp, made of steel,'brass, or other suitable metal, and so constructed that .the curtain or window-blind may be rolled' up .to any desired height inside of the clasp, and will there be held by it.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make.

and use our inveniiQIl, we will now proceed to describe its constructioinand operation7 referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a front view of v a window-blind with the clasp attached, and

Figure 2 isa side view of the clasp.

We take a strip of steel, brass, or other suitable metal, and -bend it in the shape of a ring, a, as shown in iig. 2, and where-it meets, we bend it over backwards, along the outer side of the ring already formed. The ends, b b, of the ring, thus bent over,

are allowed to remain hollow, so as to make a better spring andl hold the curtain, and the ends c o of the material extend underneath the ring a, and are bent outwards, so th`at when they are pressed inward the ring will open at top, and allow the. curtain to pass through freely.

Fig. l shows the clasp attached to a curtain.

Then it is -desired to let down the curtain, the clasp should be held in a horizontal position; and in rolling up, the clasp should be sprung open by pressing on the ends c c, in order to admit a free passage for the blind, holding the clasp with the left hand, and rolling the ciu'tain with the right.

'The clasp may be ornamented in any Way desired; for instance, by attaching tassels, either by a ring, or passing the cord through the curve of the spring.

We are aware that a clasp, made of two or more pieces of metal, in a circular form, having a spling between, is not new. Our curtain-clasp is made of one pi'e'ce of metal, and bent in such a manner as to Suit the roll of the curtain, and provided with small rolls at the top, so as to not out or wear the curtain, and forms its own spring and handles for operating it.

What we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isl The metallic band a, open at the top, forming small rolls, O C, fromwhich project the handles c 6,' for operating it, all as herein shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set .our hands, this 12th day of May, 1868.

B. F. WATSON. ALBERT SHEPARD. Witnesses:

CHILTON ABERNATHY, JOHN O. GERRISH. 

